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Rolling Over For The Robots

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September 25, 2024

Episode 58 - Podcast Payoffs with Dan Sullivan and Gord Vickman

Hosted By

Dan Sullivan, Co-Founder of Strategic Coach® Dan Sullivan
Gord Vickman Gord Vickman

Dan Sullivan and Gord Vickman discuss the importance of partnership between AI and humans—finding a balance between technology and the human touch. Dan also shares his insights about where ideas come from and the differences between creativity, wisdom, and intelligence.

 In This Episode:

  • Dan and Gord share the importance of AI-human partnership, addressing concerns of AI replacing human creativity.
  • Where does Dan get his ideas? Through conversations with ambitious people and those who faced setbacks, as well as by thinking about his thinking.
  • Intelligence manifests in Unique Ability®, like Larry Bird's situational quickness and unpredictability in basketball.
  • Human creativity links unrelated concepts, while AI focuses on patterns and predictability.
  • What’s the difference between data, information, knowledge, and wisdom?
  • Journalism's decline linked to AI's inability to replicate the classic journalist’s three Ws: waiting, wondering, and wandering.
  • News reporter Barbara Frum interviewing the Shah of Iran's consort, tapping into the listeners’ reactions in a way that AI never could.
  • Dan sees AI as just another tool, not a replacement for human thinking, and emphasizes maintaining agency and partnership with technology.

Resources: 

Larry Bird

Barbara Frum, from the CBC archives

The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The Strategic Podcast Network

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